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Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, many clinical trials were conducted to identify effective COVID-19 therapeutics. However, while a large amount of resources was invested and significant numbers ...
Objectives To identify barriers to effective pain management encountered by patients with chronic pain within the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Design Secondary analysis of face-to-face, ...
Objectives Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a rare and underdiagnosed disease associated with a high mortality rate. Although, in the last decade, there has been increasing attention in the literature to ...
Objectives The association between smoking and patients with schizophrenia has been established through epidemiological ...
Introduction Patients with cancer frequently suffer from psychological distress, including anxiety and depression, which negatively impacts their quality of life. Music therapy (MT)and Tai Chi ...
Objectives To describe the frequency and nature of symptoms in patients presenting with suspected renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and examine their reliability in achieving early diagnosis. Design ...
Introduction Qualitative methods have become integral in health services research, and Andersen’s behavioural model of health services use (BMHSU) is one of the most commonly employed models of health ...
Objectives To (1) provide an up-to-date overview of shared decision making (SDM)-models, (2) give insight in the prominence of components present in SDM-models, (3) describe who is identified as ...
Original research: Consensus-based development and practice testing of a generic quality indicator set for parenteral medication administration at home: a RAND appropriateness method study (1 July, ...
Objectives To conduct a systematic review with meta-analysis of cohort studies to evaluate the association of coffee consumption with the risk of prostate cancer. Data sources PubMed, Web of Science ...
Introduction Diabetes is one of the most common long-term health conditions worldwide, placing a huge economic burden on health services. Diabetes self-management education and support programmes can ...
Introduction Thin endometrium poses a major therapeutic challenge in assisted reproductive technologies by compromising pregnancy success and live birth outcomes. A substantial proportion of patients ...